In Deuteronomy 7:6, God calls His people a "treasured possession". I love this Hebrew word, pronounced segolah. It's the kind of word which speaks of something that has great value to you. It's the kind of thing that you would run back into your burning house to save and rescue. And that's the kind of word that God uses to describe His people.
We are God's treasured possession. Yet, it has been my sad experience that we don't always act as though we are His treasured possession, or we can even treat others as though they are less than God's treasured possession. So for a while, I want to spend some time just thinking about this community which God calls His treasured possession.
When you think of your fellow Christians, do you think of them as someone whom you would rush back into a burning house to save? As a community whom God has seen fit to do this for (think Jesus and the cross), it would seem appropriate to consider each other that way. While our sinful natures will always interfere with our ability to do so, the great thing is, God's renewing Spirit gives us the desire to do so, and there is no end of ways that we can show that treasuredness to one another. How will you show someone today that they are God's treasured possession?
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